11tH Krakow Piano Summer 2025

Professor, Conservatoire de Paris

Pianist and Professor Emeritus of the Paris Conservatory and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Former advisor to the Ministries of Culture in Poland and France. Author of the European program „The Piano as a Reflection of European Cultures”. Founder of the „Chopin Festival of Nohant” (France). Founder and Artistic Director of „Paderewski Days in New York”, „Paderewski Festival of Raleigh” (USA) and „Krakow Piano Summer”.

Professor Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

– Wojciech Kocyan was praised for his “highly distinctive performances (…) superb, intelligent artistry (…)” (.Classics Today.com) and “incisive temperament, impeccable technique and sumptuous tone” (Le Monde de la Musique.) He was born in Poland. He studied with two of the world’s most esteemed piano pedagogues: Andrzej Jasinski in Poland, where he received his Master’s Degree and with John Perry at the University of Southern California, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree. He is a laureate of several international piano competitions, including F. Busoni and Viotti, as well as a special prizes winner of the XI International Chopin Competition and the First Prize winner of the Paderewski Piano Competition. He performed in Europe, America, Australia and Japan, at the festivals Musica Antiqua Europae Orientalis, Capri Festival, Beethoven Fest, Paderewski Festival, Liszt Festival in Vienna and the Chopin Festival in Paris. His performances were broadcast in Europe, United States and Australia. Masterclasses in France, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Mexico, Japan and United States. He is the Artistic Director of the Paderewski Music Society in Los Angeles, the Artistic Director of the American International Paderewski Piano Competition in Los Angeles.

Professor

American pianist Angie Zhang, top prize winner at the 2023 Chopin International Piano Competition on Period Instruments and Honens International Piano Competition, is hailed as "warmly expressive, sensitive, and polished" and "a valuable advocate for classical music" by NY Concert Review. Angie has appeared as soloist with orchestras since she was 10 years old, including with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Aspen American Academy of Conducting Orchestra, as well as the Juilliard, {oh!} Period Orchestra Poland, Missouri, Milwaukee, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Olympia, Portland Columbia Orchestras and conducted Mozart from the piano at Lincoln Center. She has worked with conductors such as Fabio Luisi and Jeffrey Kahane, and shared the stage with Itzhak Perlman. She has performed all over the USA and Canada, as well as in England, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Poland and China. A fourth generation musician, she is also known for being a dedicated and inspirational teacher. Angie was the youngest at Juilliard to teach in all three divisions (pre-college, college, extension), won her first Assistant Professor position in piano, cello, and theory during her DMA, and has taught at the collegiate level for over 10 years. She actively serves as an adjudicator of competitions and scholarships, pedagogical clinician, lecturer, and ambassador for the arts outside of the music industry. Angie is a Yamaha and Bosendorfer Artist worldwide. Angie will earn her DMA in Piano Performance and MM in Fortepiano Performance from the University of Michigan. Influential figures include Logan Skelton, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Joseph Kalichstein, Robert Levin, Emanuel Ax, Wu Han, Jeremy Denk, Matthew Bengtson, and Malcolm Bilson. Next season includes engagements with orchestras and recitals around the world including performances in Krakow and Żelazowa Wola. Angie is also an accomplished and acclaimed fortepianist and leading American figure in period instruments.

Student krakowskiej Akademii Muzycznej w klasie prof. Mirosława Herbowskiego, dwu krotnie zwyciężał w Ogólnopolskich Konkursach Chopinowskich (2022, 2024). Jest laureatem „Jeune Chopin” w Szwajcarii (2023) i Bałtyckie go Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego (2023). Aktywnie koncertuje w Polsce, odbył tour
nee po Japonii oraz występował w USA i Europie.

Stypendysta Chopin Foundation, kształci się prywatnie w Waszyngtonie u dr Martina Labazevitcha. Jest laureatem Grand Prix Konkursu Chopinowskiego w Szafarni oraz zwycięzcą konkursów Chopinowskiego w Hanowerze (2025) i Bachowskiego w Nowym Jorku. Nagrodzony takżew konkursach „Artur Rubinstein in Memoriam”
i Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej.

Student krakowskiej Akademii Muzycznej w klasie dr Krzysztofa Książka, zdobył ponad 30 nagród krajowych i międzynarodowych. To m.in. Grand Prix Konkursu im. I. J. Paderewskiego w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim, a także pierwsze miejsca na Konkursach Epta (2022), im. A. Harasiewicza (2022) i Wirtualnym Konkursie w Ma
lezji (2020).

Student Juilliard School w klasie Roberta McDonalda, laureat prestiżowych konkursów międzynarodowych: 3. nagrody w Montrealu (2024), 2. nagrody Busoniego (2023) oraz 1. nagrody im. Ricarda Viñesa (2023). Koncertował z orkiestrami w Europie i Ameryce Północnej, a jego solowe trasy objęły m.in. Holandię, Hiszpanię i Stany Zjednoczone.

FRIDAY - JULY 25 - 19h
Muzeum Krakowa Pałac Krzysztofory, Sala Fontany - Rynek Główny 35

Krakowskie tradycje pianistyczne - Adam Wibrowski
RECITAL CHOPIN - MATEUSZ DUBIEL (Polska)

SUNDAY - JULY 27 - 19h
Muzeum Krakowa Pałac Krzysztofory, Sala Fontany - Rynek Główny 35

Historia Konkursu Chopinowskiego - Adam Wibrowski
RECITAL CHOPIN - ANTHONY RATINOV (USA)

TUESDAY - JULY 29 - 19h
Muzeum Krakowa Pałac Krzysztofory, Sala Fontany - Rynek Główny 35

Konkursy chopinowskie - ewolucja stylu wykonawczego - Wojciech Kocyan
RECITAL CHOPIN - YEHUDA PROKOPOWICZ (Polska)

THURSDAY - JULY 31 - 19h
Muzeum Krakowa Pałac Krzysztofory, Sala Fontany - Rynek Główny 35

Polscy i amerykańscy pianiści w konkursach chopinowskich - Wojciech Kocyan, Adam Wibrowski
RECITAL CHOPIN - ANTONI KŁECZEK (Polska-USA)

SUNDAY - AUGUST 3 - 18h (6 pm)
Klub 2 Korpusu Polskiego, ul. Zyblikiewicza 1

Fortepian przekazem kultur światowych - Adam Wibrowski
UCZESTNICY KRAKÓW PIANO SUMMER - THERON MASTERS, DANIEL ZIEMANN

MATEUSZ DUBIEL 25.07.2025

- Fantazja f-moll op. 49 (Nohant 1841)
- 4 Mazurki op. 41 (Majorka-Nohant 1838-39)
e-moll
H-dur
As-dur
cis-moll
- Walc As-dur op. 34 (Paris 1838)
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Scherzo E-dur op. 54 (Nohant-Paris 1841-42)
- Preludia op. 28 (Majorka 1838-39)
nr 7 A-dur
nr 8 fis-moll
nr 9 E-dur
nr 10 cis-moll
nr 11 H-dur
nr 12 gis-moll
- Polonez-Fantazja As-dur op. 61 (Nohant 1846)

ANTHONY RATINOV 27.07.2025

- Impromptu Fis-dur op. 36 (Nohant 1839)
- 4 Mazurkas op. 17 (Paris 1832-33)
B-dur
e-moll
As-dur
a-moll
- Walc As-dur op. 42 (Paris 1840)
- Ballada As-dur op. 47 (Nohant 1841)
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Nokturn H-dur op. 62 nr 1 (Nohant 1846)
- Sonata h-moll op. 58 (Nohant 1844)
Allegro maestoso
Scherzo molto vivace
Largo
Finale. Presto non tanto

YEHUDA PROKOPOWICZ 29.07.2025

- Walc As-dur op. 34 nr 1 (Paris 1838)
- 4 Mazurki op. 33 (Paris 1838)
gis-moll
D-dur
C-dur
h-moll
- Ballada F-dur op. 38 (Majorka-Nohant 1838-39)
- Rondo a la Mazur F-dur op. 5 (Warszawa 1826)
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Nokturn fis-moll op. 48 nr 2 (Nohant 1841)
- Sonata b-moll op. 35 (Nohant 1839)
Grave - Doppio movimento
Scherzo
Marche funebre. Lento
Finale. Presto

ANTONI KŁECZEK 31.07.2025

- Polonez-fantazja As-dur, op. 61 (Nohant 1846)
- Ballada As-dur, op. 47 (Nohant 1841)
- Walc As-dur, op. 42 (Paris 1840)
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Preludia op. 28 (Majorka 1838-39)
nr 13 H-dur
nr 14 gis-moll
nr 15 Fis-dur
nr 16 es-moll
nr 17 Des-dur
nr 18 b-moll
- Nokturn Es-dur op. 55 nr 2 (Nohant 1843)
- Ballada f-moll op. 52 (Nohant 1842)